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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3

Qualcomm SD 8cx Gen 3

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Compute Platform is an ARM based SoC for Windows laptops. It integrates four big ARM Cortex-X1 performance cores (up to 3 GHz) and four smaller ARM Cortex-A78 with up to 2.4 GHz.

The Compute Platform also integrates a Snapdragon X62 5G modem with up to 10 Gbps download and 316 Mbps upload. The integrated WLAN modem supports Wi-Fi 6E (2x2) and the satellite positioning system supports BeiDou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, QZSS, and SBAS. The integrated video engine supports H.264, H.265, and VP9 decoding in 4K 120fps.

The performance should be around 85% faster for the CPU and 60% faster for the GPU compared to the previous generation (Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2).

The chip is produced in the modern 5nm process at Samsung (5LPE) and designed for fanless laptops (7 to 9 Watt TDP range).

CodenameCortex-X1 / A78
SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon
Clock Rate2400 - 2995 MHz
Level 1 Cache768 KB
Level 2 Cache6 MB
Level 3 Cache8 MB
Number of Cores / Threads8 / 8
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)7 Watt
Manufacturing Technology5 nm
FeaturesFastConnect 6900 2x2 Wi-Fi, Adreno 690 GPU
GPUQualcomm Adreno 690
64 Bit64 Bit support
ArchitectureARM
Announcement Date12/02/2021
Product Link (external)www.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU
22.5 pt (37%)
AMD E1-2100
2.32 -90%
...
Intel Processor N200
20.7 -8%
Intel Core i5-4258U
20.9 -7%
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
21 -7%
Intel Core i7-4510U
21.3 -5%
Intel Core i5-4200M
21.5 -4%
Intel Pentium Silver N6005
21.7 -4%
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
21.9 -3%
Intel Core i3-10100Y
22.1 -2%
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
22.3 -1%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3
22.5
Intel Core i7-7Y75
22.8 1%
Intel Core i7-2860QM
23.2 3%
Intel Core i3-1000NG4
23.3 4%
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
23.4 4%
Intel Core i7-8500Y
23.5 4%
AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
23.7 5%
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B
23.8 6%
Intel Core i5-1030NG7
23.9 6%
Intel Core i3-8109U
24.1 7%
...
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
49.9 122%
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX
60.1 167%
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100%
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 3534     avg: 3603     median: 3567 (3%)     max: 3709 Points
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 559     avg: 588     median: 598 (25%)     max: 608 Points
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 199     avg: 208.7     median: 205 (22%)     max: 222 Points
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 810     avg: 1105     median: 1248 (3%)     max: 1258 Points
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 723     avg: 749     median: 748.5 (5%)     max: 774 Points
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 119     avg: 119.1     median: 119.1 (33%)     max: 119.1 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
9.2 Points (12%)
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
1.4 Points (33%)
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
2481 points (15%)
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
13940 points (10%)
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wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
305.3 s (4%)
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wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
8.7 s (2%)
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WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4046 points (6%)
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7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 16223     avg: 21572     median: 23989 (14%)     max: 24505 MIPS
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7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 3874     avg: 3912     median: 3915 (46%)     max: 3946 MIPS
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
33.2 fps (11%)
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
146.9 fps (34%)
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HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 1.5     avg: 2.2     median: 2.5 (4%)     max: 2.68 fps
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Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 1153     avg: 1626     median: 1625.5 (21%)     max: 2098 Seconds
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Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 1059     avg: 1246     median: 1080 (8%)     max: 1600 Seconds
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R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 1.011     avg: 1     median: 1 (22%)     max: 1.013 sec
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3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
3876 Points (8%)
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
17.5 s (4%)
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
37.4 s (2%)
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Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
848 s (4%)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 7084     avg: 7306     median: 7333 (18%)     max: 7500 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
18857 Points (15%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 2899     avg: 4704     median: 4704 (12%)     max: 6509 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 9533     avg: 9637     median: 9637 (17%)     max: 9741 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
2939 Points (12%)
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1486     avg: 1588     median: 1588 (62%)     max: 1690 points
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 4457     avg: 5990     median: 5989.5 (11%)     max: 7522 points
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Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 663     avg: 665     median: 665 (3%)     max: 667 points
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Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3749     avg: 3797     median: 3796.5 (12%)     max: 3844 points
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Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
3460 points (35%)
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Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
15240 points (15%)
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 1913     avg: 1925     median: 1915 (2%)     max: 1946 ms
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Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
49893 Points (38%)
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WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 64.2     avg: 66.2     median: 67.2 (18%)     max: 67.2 Points
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WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 84.7     avg: 90.5     median: 90.5 (16%)     max: 96.2 Points
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CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 627     avg: 673     median: 672.5 (25%)     max: 718 Points
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Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 26.9     avg: 33.5     median: 35.7 (6%)     max: 37.9 Watt
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Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 32.7     avg: 33     median: 33 (6%)     max: 33.2 Watt
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Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 3.21     avg: 3.4     median: 3.2 (2%)     max: 3.6 Watt
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Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 3.5     avg: 3.7     median: 3.7 (4%)     max: 3.9 Watt
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Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
min: 22.1     avg: 22.7     median: 22.7 (17%)     max: 23.3 Points per Watt
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Other CPUs of the series Snapdragon

» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3
   8x 2.4 GHz - 3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3
   8x 1.9 GHz - 2.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.91 GHz
» Microsoft SQ1
   8x 3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx
   8x 2.84 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1
   8x 1.8 GHz - 3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.84 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.84 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G
   8x 2.42 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ (Plus)
   8x 2.42 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
   8x 2.42 GHz - 2.84 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.63 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.63 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c+ Gen 3
   8x 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
   8x 1.95 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G
   8x 1.9 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
   8x - 2.96 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2
   8x 2.55 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
   8x 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
   8x 2.84 GHz
» Qualcomm QCM6490
   8x 1.96 GHz - 2.71 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+ 5G
   8x 1.9 GHz - 2.5 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 4G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G
   8x 1.7 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 850
   8x 2.75 GHz - 2.96 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
   8x 2.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 765
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G
   8x 1.7 GHz - 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
   8x 2.3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
   8x 2.3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
   8x 1.7 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 675
   8x 1.6 GHz - 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 4G
   8x 1.9 GHz - 2.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998)
   8x 2.45 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
   8x 2.3 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 670
   8x 2.02 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 1
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.1 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
   8x 1.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 632
   8x 1.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 460
   8x 1.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 626
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
   8x 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 439
   8x 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
   8x 1.8 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 429
   4x 2 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 435
   8x 1.4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB
   2x 1.7 GHz
» Qualcomm 205
   2x 1.1 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8660
   2x 1.7 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260
   2x 1.5 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255
   1x 1.5 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227
   1x 0.6 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Core i7-4810MQ
   4x 2.8 GHz - 3.8 GHz
+ Intel Core i7-4870HQ
   4x 2.5 GHz - 3.7 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-1035G7
   4x 1.2 GHz - 3.7 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-1035G4
   4x 1.1 GHz - 3.7 GHz
+ AMD Ryzen 7 3750H
   4x 2.3 GHz - 4 GHz
» Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3
   8x 2.4 GHz - 3 GHz
- AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
   4x 2.3 GHz - 4 GHz
- AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U
   4x 2.3 GHz - 4 GHz
- AMD Ryzen Z2 Go
   4x 3 GHz - 4.3 GHz
- AMD Ryzen 3 7335U
   4x 3 GHz - 4.3 GHz
- Intel Core i5-10310U
   4x 1.7 GHz - 4.4 GHz
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2022-09-16)